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Show First Direct Statement Says America Already Has Meddled loo Much MARION. 0-i Sept. 23. Declaring! the iri'h problem is "not a question for official America." Senator Harding paid in a statement today that in his , opinion the movement for Irish lndc-j pendence would be under the league . of nations a subject entirely "internal or domestic." "MJEDDLIKG ABROAD" Without referring directly to Demo-cratic Demo-cratic promises to bring the Irish ques-i tlon to the attention of the league, the Hepubllcan nominee eild that America Ameri-ca already had "meddled abroad excessively ex-cessively without Invitation," and asserted as-serted that official consideration by this government was quite another thint from an expression Of sympathy. The statement In which the senatoi discussed the Irish question directly i for the first time since his nomination follows: "There are two phases of the 80-called 80-called Irish question In America Individual In-dividual sentiment la one thing and It i is recognised that tuoro is a wide-1 spread sympathy here for the cause of j Irish autonomy. We voted nn expros-l tiion of that sympathy in the senate j at the time the peace delegates werO colli i rrlng In 1 'aris N I il l ICIAL QUESTION "Official consideration Is quite another an-other thing, it U not a question tor official America. America has aire a meddled excessively without In vita-, tlon. "I huve said, as I truly believe that under the provisions of the league of nations the Irish question Is internal! or domestic and I recall distinctly thatj at the. hearings beforo the senate foreign for-eign relations committee that thoj American advoates Of Irish Indcpend-Mioc Indcpend-Mioc bitterly opposed the league as, proposed because it not only closed the door to Ireland, but committed ua ot the use of force to maintain territorial terri-torial Integrity as it exists today" oo |